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The 'gigantic hole' in the SUN that's firing solar material into space...
MailOnline (London Daily Mail) ^
| July 29, 2013
| SARAH GRIFFITHS
Posted on 07/29/2013 8:42:29 AM PDT by betty boop
A 'gigantic hole' in the sun's atmosphere, hovering over the solar north pole, has been photographed by a space telescope. The dark spot, which covers almost a quarter of the sun, is a large 'coronal hole' — a dark, low density region of the sun’s outermost atmosphere, the corona.
It was spotted by the European Space Agency/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft between 13 and 18 July, during which time it was spewing out material including solar wind into space.
While the hole looks devoid of solar activity, it was in fact releasing violent blasts of solar wind and spewing out solar particles at around 500 miles per second.
The holes have lower temperatures and therefore appear much darker than their surroundings.
Karen Fox of Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Centre said that while coronal holes are a typical feature on the sun, they appear at different places and with more frequency at different times of the sun’s activity cycle, which typically takes around 11 years....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: coronalhole; soho; solarweather; solarwind; sun
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To: betty boop
Global warning alert. Quick, we need cap and trade!!!
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posted on
07/29/2013 8:45:29 AM PDT
by
Hotlanta Mike
("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
To: betty boop
See? We need to ban CFCs! Now there’s an ozone hole on the sun, dammit!!!
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posted on
07/29/2013 8:45:42 AM PDT
by
henkster
(The 0bama regime isn't a train wreck, it's a B 17 raid on the rail yard.)
To: henkster
Unless I put my finger in the hole ... I will not believe ...
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posted on
07/29/2013 8:47:46 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: betty boop
I better get nova insurance pronto!
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posted on
07/29/2013 8:48:01 AM PDT
by
RadiationRomeo
(Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
To: betty boop
One huge sun fart and we are all toast! Need to get that bunker finished.
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posted on
07/29/2013 8:50:38 AM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
To: betty boop
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posted on
07/29/2013 8:51:58 AM PDT
by
Gator113
To: betty boop
nothing to worry about ... it is simply the rainy season on the south/north pole of the sun. Much like what is happening in some parts of the United States. Nothing to worry about.
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posted on
07/29/2013 8:58:58 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: Gator113
It is space aliens using solar power to destroy man kind. Your only hope is the aluminum foil helmet! Get one now only $29.95 at your local space alien resistance center. Do it now before it’s to late!
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posted on
07/29/2013 8:59:36 AM PDT
by
cotton
To: betty boop
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posted on
07/29/2013 9:01:48 AM PDT
by
rwoodward
("god, guns and more ammo")
To: cotton
I read about how that aluminum foil works, so I bought an Airstream trailer.... I am safe....and I look cool. ;>)
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posted on
07/29/2013 9:02:12 AM PDT
by
Gator113
To: betty boop
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posted on
07/29/2013 9:06:01 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(The Tipline for Zimmerman's Inquisition is: Sanford.florida@usdoj.gov ... Use it.)
To: betty boop
I’m sure this ominous solar activity must have something to do with the human use of fossil fuels here on earth.
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posted on
07/29/2013 9:06:18 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(If the government told us to expect rain, I'd schedule an outdoor wedding.)
To: betty boop
I just know this is my fault for running the AC all summer.
To: rwoodward
That hole is Hugh! ...and series. I should check my beeber.
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posted on
07/29/2013 9:06:59 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(If the government told us to expect rain, I'd schedule an outdoor wedding.)
To: betty boop
It is a Quantum observation effect, we need to stop looking at the sun and bury our heads in the sand and cut CO2 otherwise the universe will be destroyed by white energy, because dark energy is racisis.....
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posted on
07/29/2013 9:10:28 AM PDT
by
GraceG
To: knarf
“Unless I put my finger in the hole”
That’s how it always starts!
To: betty boop
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posted on
07/29/2013 9:22:15 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
To: betty boop
I believe a new tax on anything will fix it.
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posted on
07/29/2013 9:23:24 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: betty boop
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